Figure toy



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed April 7, 1922. Serial No. 553,382.

To all 1072 am it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY M. Own, a citizen of the United States, residing at Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Figure Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys and has for its principal object to produce a novel dancing toy having a figure arranged thereon and so constructed with wind actuated means as to permit a vibratory motion to be imparted thereto, thereby causing the figure to appear as though dancing or igging.

Another object of the invention is to produce a wind actuated toy having means thereon for pivotally mounting the same on the radiator of an automobile or other object.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote like or corresponding parts in the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the invention mounted upon an object.

Figures 2 and 3 are detail views.

In these views 1 indicates a platform upon which a figure 2 is arranged. A pair of opposed upright members 3 are formed integrally with the platform, said uprights having openings 4 at the upper ends thereof to receive a shaft 5 which has a crank portion 6 formed intermediate its ends and which is received in an elongated slot 7, in the hat 8 of the figure so that when the shaft is rotated an up and down movement will be imparted to the figure causing the same to assume the antics of a dancer or jigger. A wind wheel 9 is secured on one end of said shaft as at 10. A vane or blade 11 is secured on the opposite side of the device. The platform is pivotally supported, as will hereinafter be set forth, and the vane 12 is influenced by the wind to turn the device and hold the wheel to the wind. A U-shaped base member 13 is formed on the under face of the platform and is of less width than the latter. The base has a circular central opening 14 formed therein to receive an upstanding rod 15 which will permit the apparatus to be secured or mounted upon the radiator of a motor vehicle or any other objectdesired. The rod having its upper end pointed and received in a bearing formed in the base of the platform, preferably, forms a bearing in the base.

The figure 2 has its shoulders, forearms, hips and knees jointed, so that when the shaft is rotated to impart an up and down movement to the figure these members will be freely swung to add to the antics of the dancing or jigging figure.

From the above it will be seen that the toy when the apparatus is positioned with the wind, the latter will cause the wheel to rotate and impart motion to the crank shaft and the weather vane will so balance and hold the wheel positioned against the wind that said wheel will be rotated thereby imparting an up and down movement to the figure to make the same appear as though it is dancing.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is A toy of the character described comprising a substantially U-shaped platform, a shaft passing through the upper ends thereof and being provided with a crank portion midway therebetween, a jointed figure provided with a vertically disposed slotted opening passing horizontally through the upper end thereof and receiving the crank portion of the shaft, means for supporting said U-shaped platform and means for rotating said shaft as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

HARRY M. OLTZ. 

